What Each Color Represented In The Ancient Maya Civilization

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Across
  1. 5. to treat someone or something with extreme love and respect.
  2. 11. This is what the Maya used to make colors.
  3. 13. This color was all about strength, sunlight, and getting rid of darkness. It also stood for blood and the sunrise.
  4. 14. This was the color of the center. It showed humanity as the most important part of the world. It was also the color of Earth's gifts like vegetables and fruits.
  5. 15. This was the color that stood for water and the sky. It was the color of rivers, lakes, seas, and the sky.
  6. 17. of very great area, size, or extent.
  7. 18. colors The colors red, blue, & green. You can mix these colors to make almost any other color.
  8. 19. Indigo and Palygorskite are both a type of this.
  9. 21. "Mexico is full of very bright colors no matter where you look. It's like a colorful ____________ in everything around you, like food, buildings, clothes, crafts, and even nature."
  10. 22. this was the color of dawn, bones, teeth, purity, and health. It was also like light and life-giving fluid.
Down
  1. 1. The place where the Indigo and Palygorskite mines were.
  2. 2. A piece of land with water on three sides of it.
  3. 3. Maya people thought this color was a color for bad things and the unknown. It meant death and where their ancestors rested. It also meant bad thoughts and rest.
  4. 4. The man who found out how the Maya made their bright blue color.
  5. 6. This color meant good crops and family bonds. In the Maya language, they called it Q’anil, which meant maturity, seeds, wealth, and sometimes sickness.
  6. 7. The color of Maya temples after the effects of time and weather.
  7. 8. a very ancient type of book.
  8. 9. Another word for a god.
  9. 10. a group of very important people or all of the gods in a particular religion.
  10. 12. This is what the Maya used to make their bright blue color.
  11. 16. The belief in many gods.
  12. 20. The belief in only one god.